The Yogeshwarah that is Sri Krishna
All the eighteen yogas contained in the eighteen chapters may be reduced to four—the Karma Yoga, the Raja Yoga, the Bhakti Yoga and the Jnana Yoga. Tradition holds that spiritual life begins with...
Dejection transitioned to enlightenment: The case of Arjuna
Every science has its twin aspects — theory and practice. Intellectual grasp of a subject is theory; its application is practice. Many a student of Vedanta or any other system of...
HINDU PHILOSOPHY—Part 6
The Philosophy of Yoga—Part 4
Conditions for Success in Raja Yoga
The Importance of Yama and Niyama
Aspirants who desire to attain God-realisation should practise all the eight limbs of Yoga. On the destruction of the impurities through the practice...
MARRIAGE, LOVE AND COMPROMISE
Marriage is defined as the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship – a sacred union between a man and a woman.
LOVE. Humans crave Love. No kind of relationship, whether marriage, family...
Bowing: A Hindu View of Divinity All-Pervasive—Part 5/5
Bowing and Sadhana
Developing humility is not merely a means of nation building. In fact it is part of Hindu sadhana or spiritual practice. We bow to develop humility as an aid...
Ganesha Chaturthi: The journey of the Macrocosm into the Microcosm
The festival of Ganesha Chaturthi has begun with its undying and ever refreshing, exuberant and mind blogging festivities directing to the worship and adoration of Bhagavaan Sri Ganesha—one of the...
HINDU PHILOSOPHY—Part 5
The Philosophy of Yoga—Part 3
Asana, Pranayama and Pratyahara
Asana is steady, comfortable posture. Asana or posture is a physical help to concentration. When one obtains mastery over the Asana, he is free from the disturbance of the pairs...
Darshanam – Seeing the Sacred
Darshanam means “seeing”. It refers especially to ‘religious seeing.’ When we Hindus go to the Temple, we do so more for darshana. We go to “see” the Image of God present in the sanctum of the Temple – be it...
Bowing: A Hindu View of Divinity All-Pervasive—Part 4
Bowing and its Development
Bowing is a mark of humility. It is the most natural expression one of the most noble emotions of the human heart: the desire to acknowledge and express...
Arjuna: the fittest disciple-candidate for the revelation of the Bhagavad Geeta
Of the five brothers Sri Krishna chose Arjuna in particular for his disciple. There was significance in this act of His. If waging the war was the main issue...
